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Overview

User Rating:
3.3/10   2,161 votes
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Director:
John Alan Schwartz
Writer:
John Alan Schwartz (writer)
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Release Date:
24 May 1980 (Japan) more
Tagline:
Banned in 46 Countries!
Plot:
A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV-material to home-made super-8 movies The common factor is death by some means. full summary | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Original 'Faces of Death' Gets DVD and Blu-ray Release!
 (From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 19 June 2008, 7:53 PM, PDT)

Faces Of Death DVD Details!
 (From Icons of Fright. 19 June 2008, 3:12 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Mostly fake; you could do better more (78 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Michael Carr ... Dr. Francis B. Gröss
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Samuel Berkowitz ... Himself; Cryogenics patient
Mary Ellen Brighton ... Herself; suicide victim shown jumping out of a window
Thomas Noguchi ... Himself
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Original Faces of Death (USA) (video box title)
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Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | German
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
New Zealand:(Banned) | West Germany:18 (cut) | Australia:(Banned) (original rating) | Australia:R (re-rating) (2007) | Australia:R (uncut) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:(Banned) | South Korea:18 (heavily cut) | UK:18 (cut) | USA:Not Rated | UK:(Banned) (1984-2003) | Norway:(Banned) (video rating)
Filming Locations:
Guanajuato, Mexico more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This film contains real stock footage of accidents, suicides, autopsies, and executions. It also contains many deaths that have been proven as staged. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: Numerous continuity and logic errors, casting doubt on the validity of the movie's claim to be authentic. more
Quotes:
Dr. Francis B. Gröss: Watching this man in his last moments of life I began to feel guilty. True, he had commited murder, but wasn't there some other alternative? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Faces of Death: The Make-Up Effects of 'All Souls Day' (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Burning Soul more

FAQ

What are the differences between the British BBFC-18 DVD version and the uncut version?
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20 out of 27 people found the following comment useful.
Mostly fake; you could do better, 3 February 2001
Author: pmsusana from New Orleans, Louisiana

It's really ironic that of all the "shockumentaries" that have turned up on video in recent years the "Faces of Death" series has attracted the most attention (positive and negative), since so much of its "shocking" footage is blatantly phoney. Those with an interest in authentic death and atrocity footage would do better to check out the "Death Scenes" series (3 volumes), "Inhumanities 2" or the British documentary "Executions". (An editorial aside here, since I'm frequently asked why I watch such material: While I wouldn't say that such films are fun or enjoyable to watch, I make myself watch them occasionally to remind myself not to take the best things in life - or life itself, for that matter - for granted.)

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